Vicki Lein
MS Counseling
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Vicki Lein Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Recovery, disability awareness, writing, speaking, performing,parenting, school culture, success coaching
- Career Focus
- Educator and couselor for over thirty years. Now an international educational consultant, and presenter to the Bali Institute of global Renewal.
- Affiliation
- Bali Institute of global Renewal, The GED Academy, Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health Science Center, University of Oregon, Portland State University, Lynn Benton community college
Motivational Keynote Concerts/ Disability Awareness/Speaking, Writing, Performing
The ban of life is playing. What song are you waiting to hear before you begin to dance?
In a uniquecombination of candor, humor, and original songs, international speaker VickiHannah Lein, MS Counseling, shares the joy and challenge of her journey to amore authentic, fulfilling life. Legally blind and a recovering Adult Child ofa Alcoholic, Vicki travels all over the world by herself, getting people ontheir feet, cheering, singing, laughing, and wiping away tears. She inspiresher audiences to find magic, humor, and perspective in the adversities ofeveryday living. Her book, Womanwith a Voice: Daring to LiveAuthentically Ever After,highlights her journey with stories, poems, and song lyrics. Her CDs are fullof songs that will make you think, make you laugh, and make you cry.
“We all havegenius in us, “she says. “If we learn to trust the gentle inklings and nudgesthat are leading us to creativity, then our homes and careers can betransformed one brave step at a time.”
Using“baby steps” to greatness, Vicki shares how she has come to make every day ajou ey of love. “I’ve given up trying to be good and now I’m just happy as I enjoy moving my body and eating what I want. I’m losing weight and toning up, but those are side effectsof loving myself along the way.”
The ban of life is playing. What song are you waiting to hear before you begin to dance?
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Woman with a Voice: Daring to Live Authentically Ever After
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Smart Thoughts for Stupid Moments: What to Do When Your Brain Abandons You
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Alive, Alive: Songs to Pick You Up, Dust You Off, and Set You Free
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Daring to Sing
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30 Days to Change Your LIfe
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Wild About Writing
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Discipline with the Brain in Mind
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Rejuvenating your Teaching
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Step into Your Greatness Store
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Is it Possible to Start a Joy revolution?
My commitment this year is to get myself out in the world in a big way, so I can help more people lose their shame, find their courage, explore their gifts, and make the world a better place. This is my mission and purpose in the world and I’m going to do everything I can do to make it happen, and I will never give up. Dinosaur Voice, Ptooie, I spit on you! My new business is Vicki Hannah Lein: Daring to Be Joyful in Business and Life. I want to start a Joy Revolution to help people practice Radical Joyfulness.
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What I Know Today
I’m feeling a little lost this morning. So I’ve decided to center myself by writing and to focus on what I know because right now I feel swamped by all the things I don’t know. 1. One thing I know is that I have lots of help. For example, I am dictating this writing into my computer with the new program I am just learning how to use called MacSpeech Dictate. Since I am legally blind, and I was never very good at typing anyway, in fact,I cheated in my high school typing class, writing these blogs is very difficult for me.
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Finding Space Between the Molecules
I will not hurry. Today I will not hurry. Today I will trust the Universe enough to surrender to the natural flow of the day. I will not push the river for the River loves me and is moving at just the right speed. Just for today I will find the space between the molecules.
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What if We All had an Angel Committee?
I’ve been talking about Angel committees for years and it’s been a lot of fun. My idea of an Angel committee is that everyone has one and that they conspire to force us to live our lives fully. They will do whatever it takes to get our attention and they howl with delight when they think up a really good scenario to force us to get honest and get brave. A while ago my friend Francie and I were taking an afte oon walk.
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I Don't Trust Urgency
When I was in my thirties and suffering from a low grade anxiety disorder, I let the feeling of urgency steal my life. Because I was always anxious, I did not know what it felt like NOT to be anxious. I thought how I felt was normal, even though I also felt enormous shame for being so afraid all the time. One day I just got sick of being afraid. I decided I would practice being a little braver every day and I would never trust urgency again. This day my life changed forever. I am legally blind. Some people with vision just like mine do not leave their homes to get the mail.
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An Invitation To Be Part Of Holidays That Heal
Greetings! I hope your holiday season was full of love and connection. I had the best holiday seaso I've ever had because I decided three years ago I was going to figure out how to make my holidays heal instead of hurt. My quest to heal my personal holidays has led to a book: Holidays that ...
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It Doesn't Work if You Don't Do It
We all find activities that make a big difference in our lives. If we write gratitude lists every day, we notice an increase in our enjoyment of life. Or if we walk on a regular basis we notice we have more energy and our mood is uplifted. Then, for unknown reasons, we quit doing what we know improves our lives. It doesn't cost much, doesn't take much time, and greatly increases our ability to appreciate our gifts and deal with our challenges, AND YET WE STOP DOING IT. What is this about? Most of us know this phenomenon. "Yes, I was doing those things and was feeling better.
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Loving You Is Killing Me: When Divorcing Your Family Is A Noble Solution
This book is on my “To Do” list, but it will be based on this Bill of Rights. My Bill of Rights 1. I am Sacred Space and so is everyone else. 2. I deserve to be treated with respect every single second by myself and everyone else. 3. I get to be angry, but I do not get to treat myself or ...
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Murray Teaches Vicki To Make Requests
Want an authentic relationship full of truth and humor? Read on… My husband Murray and I both listened to the call of our Muses eight years ago and quit our secure jobs to follow our dreams. I had two children in college and a tenured job with a school district, but I knew my body and soul ...
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Loving The Body You Have: Three Simple Steps
Loving the Body You Have: Three Simple Secrets 1. Put Moving Your Body as Your Top Priorityn2. Eat Like a French Woma 3. Learn What Not to Wear Some people, such as my son, have an athletic soul. He works out and plays sports as an essential part of his daily regimen. He knows the ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Vicki Lein
- I am an expert in finding humor and grit in tough times.
- Follow your bliss or it will stalk you!
- I am legally blind and an adult child of an alcoholic, yet I travel all overr the world by myself speaking and singing. I have learned to trust the truth of any given moment. I am recovering from my perfection imperfectly.
- The Band of life is playing. What song ar you waiting to hear before you begin to dance?
- I appreciate the value of Coyote in my life. I know when to pick up my feet and go down the rapids, avoiding the rocks and enjoying the ride.
I help people turn down the volume of the doubt in their mind, so they can turn up the volume of the dreams in their heart.
How to get started
Visit my website at www.stepintoyourgreatness.us. From there you can visit my Mojo Juice Bar where I have a blog, movies, and products to help people find humor and grit for tough times.
My flagship site, Step into Your Greatness with Vicki Hannah Lein, will give you information about my speaking, workshops, and personal coaching.
You can also find me at Lulu.com, cafepress.com, and at CD Baby, all links you can find from my home page.
Other highlights
Be sure to check out my WarriorBabe mugs and buttons in my Cafe Press Store.